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Post by ROCKY on Jan 28, 2019 14:17:24 GMT
Here ya go The Colored Pencil Strat.....
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Post by brewmaster on Jan 31, 2019 9:27:37 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 31, 2019 13:28:09 GMT
OmG Blackie and 0001 FOR SALE!!!
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Post by pothos on Jan 31, 2019 15:59:28 GMT
Heard an interview on BBC 6 music from Gilmour and he seems to have little attachment to many of his guitars. I was surprised.
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Post by brewmaster on Feb 2, 2019 16:40:37 GMT
So it seems. For example as a wedding gift, David Gilmour gave Pratt a 1960 sunburst Fender Jazz bass guitar (once belonging to Gilmour’s old Joker’s Wild bandmate Rick Wills) that was in Gilmour’s collection and Pratt had repeatedly begged Gilmour to sell to him.
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 2, 2019 18:49:12 GMT
The Beatles Guitar Collection -- Filmed Feb. 2019
(*Make sure you click on the 'Watch on Youtube.)
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Post by henryj on Mar 3, 2019 21:50:27 GMT
Rocky, thanks for posting that. That was very interesting, albeit with some minor inaccuracies ("And She Loves You" not so minor) and omissions. I would have made note of the fact that the Resonet Futurama, with its three switches, was able to have all 7 pickup combinations. Yeah, I know, two to the third power is eight, but I'm not counting silence. Also, George's Epiphone Casino had a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, which John and Paul's Casinos did not have. Plus, George's two Gretsch Country Gentleman guitars had different muting systems from each other, one dial up and the other switch up.
Those are the only things I remember that were not in the comments.
Overall, however, VERY entertaining and informative.
Oh yeah, did the Rocky Strat have the original blue finish on the sides of the instrument?
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 5, 2019 9:31:45 GMT
How cool that the Zenith guitar in the collection has the Hessey's sticker. That place was a Mecca for us lads back then, and I spent hours looking at the guitars in their Stanley Street shop. A minor niggle, the Hofner bass in the collection is the later model, with pickups at neck and bridge. Paul's first Hofner, from Hamburg 1961, had both p/ups at the neck, although he was, of course, given that second Hofner in 1963
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 5, 2019 13:52:34 GMT
Rocky, thanks for posting that. Oh yeah, did the Rocky Strat have the original blue finish on the sides of the instrument? On my Rocky the left side is blue and the right side is orange. The color switch over is at the bottom strap button. And yes the guy that did the custom paint must have got it wrong. lol
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 5, 2019 13:59:59 GMT
How cool that the Zenith guitar in the collection has the Hessey's sticker. That place was a Mecca for us lads back then, and I spent hours looking at the guitars in their Stanley Street shop. A minor niggle, the Hofner bass in the collection is the later model, with pickups at neck and bridge. Paul's first Hofner, from Hamburg 1961, had both p/ups at the neck, although he was, of course, given that second Hofner in 1963 True about the Hofner bass brew that's the one that was stolen. And I would love to have that Zenith model 17. That's the one I'm looking for now for my collection. They also forgot about George's first guitar which I have a copy. 1956 Egmond 105G / Rosetti 276 There also maybe a guitar that predates this one that they found. They are still checking on that one. www.theauctioncentre.co.uk/news/news.body.cgi?item=20170523.211514
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Post by henryj on Mar 6, 2019 12:57:23 GMT
Have I mentioned that I have a brother who has had every Beatle electric guitar they played from 1964 to early 1970? But with a few exceptions: Fender basses played by John and George The Ric 360-12 new style, with the rounded top that George played on the 1966 tour The Gibson ES-345 that George was pictured with in late 1965 or early 1966, although he does presently own an ES-335. That Ric 325 with f-holes that John was once pictured with. Don't know that he's ever had a light blue Stratocaster (though I recently saw his Rocky replica, a rather faithful re-creation).
He's had all the other Rics, Gibsons, and Fenders (yeah, a real mahogany rooftop Telecaster). And Hofner viol bass.
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 6, 2019 15:13:42 GMT
He has a nice collection Henryj! Also I've seen some Rocky replicas that have the first version of the guitar. This picture was taken for 'I Am The Walrus' 1968 and you will notice no printing on the guitar, BeBopBaloola, the writing on the balls, and the Clapton head not on the headstock. Those additions George made later. Oh and one more little thing the video Rocky got wrong. George had put the tone knob where the volume knob was. So it should be tone-tone-volume not like in the video.
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Post by henryj on Mar 7, 2019 3:24:58 GMT
He has a nice collection Henryj! Also I've seen some Rocky replicas that have the first version of the guitar. This picture was taken for 'I Am The Walrus' 1968 and you will notice no printing on the guitar, BeBopBaloola, the writing on the balls, and the Clapton head not on the headstock. Those additions George made later. View AttachmentOh and one more little thing the video Rocky got wrong. George had put the tone knob where the volume knob was. So it should be tone-tone-volume not like in the video. Actually, he's never had them all at one time. He trades them in according to, I suppose, his whims. All the Rocky Strats I have seen have a volume and tone control in the wrong places. I know my brother's does/did.
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 7, 2019 14:47:11 GMT
Just the opposite for me henryj. I've seen quite a few with the knobs V-T-T like the one in the video instead of T-T-V and usually is the first thing I look for on a replica.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 12, 2019 9:45:41 GMT
Can anyone identify this bass, possibly Italian?
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 20, 2019 21:21:09 GMT
How cool that the Zenith guitar in the collection has the Hessey's sticker. That place was a Mecca for us lads back then, and I spent hours looking at the guitars in their Stanley Street shop. I just did some checking and Paul traded his trumpet for the Zenith at Rushworth's Music and not Hessy's. Also take a good look at the headstock it is different than Paul's Zenith. (Starts at 2:28) FROM THE UK DAILY REPORTER July 14,2014: "The young McCartney took the trumpet back to Rushworth Music shop in Liverpool and traded it in for the Zenith guitar (made in Germany by Framus)"
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 21, 2019 14:03:09 GMT
Can anyone identify this bass, possibly Italian? Might be one of those EKO Cobra basses from the '60's. Not an exact match, but they had a lot of diff. styles.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 22, 2019 9:41:06 GMT
This is the headstock, but I can't find out anything about that name...
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 22, 2019 10:28:13 GMT
Could be the headstock was stripped and that's just a music store tag and out of business now. Some stores did that back then. Here's an Ecko bass they did that to.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 22, 2019 11:08:53 GMT
That makes sense Rocky
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